260: Promoting contradictions

Upon seeing this, the scholar quickly ran over.

However, he didn't immediately attend to the old woman; instead, he rushed to persuade Chen Tianming.

"Don't be angry! Please don't be angry! The people in this Small World live extremely difficult lives, and they've probably been accustomed to poverty for a long time, so they might be a bit opportunistic..."

Chen Tianming waved his hand, interrupting the scholar.

"These are all minor matters. I will establish a standardized system. From now on, those who are opportunistic, cunning, lazy, greedy, or slick won't even have a chance to eat!"

This was the first time the scholar had heard of such an unprecedented method of governance.

Rather than a method of governance, it was more like a management approach.

The scholar watched as Chen Tianming led people to establish the factory.

Then, he arranged the residents of the Small World into the factory.

Food was distributed punctually every day, like a well-trained army.

At least now, the people in the Small World had a self-sufficient life.

However, whenever the scholar asked how Chen Tianming planned to overthrow the Three Great Sects, he would always give a perfunctory answer.

He would also tell the scholar to just wait and watch the show unfold.

In truth, Chen Tianming hadn't been idle all these days.

He used the excuse of going out to deliver goods, but in reality, he secretly returned home.

Chen Tianming's Energy Converter could easily refine a divine artifact or immortal artifact from the Bogu Corridor into energy crystals similar to spirit stones every day.

For experimental purposes, he gave one to Ding Xiaoyu.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Ding Xiaoyu used it, her strength and realm significantly broke through.

This made Chen Tianming ecstatic.

Therefore, he accumulated a large number of crystals and brought them home.

He gave these energy crystals to his family members to use.

What Chen Tianming hadn't expected was that these crystals could significantly increase the strength of those with cultivation.

At the same time, they could also turn ordinary people who had never cultivated into powerful cultivators!

Chen Tianming quickly handed over cultivation techniques to his family members.

Although they were obscure and difficult to understand, everyone worked hard to learn them for their husband and father.

In just one month, Chen Tianming had a small team of cultivators under him.

While they weren't exactly world-defying, they could at least perform basic abilities like telekinesis and spiritual sword qi.

Since everyone around Chen Tianming had gained cultivation, he unhesitatingly brought them all to the Small World.

Seeing the Small World, desolate like a post-apocalyptic wasteland, everyone present was somewhat bewildered.

Chen Tianming then explained everything to them, helping them understand the place.

"We are currently at the edge of the entire Small World. This crack (fissure) is a seal forcibly created by a powerful individual with heaven-defying abilities! However, I estimate he never imagined that by sealing so many divine artifacts and demonic beasts here, this place would one day be divided into the Small World, becoming a passage for external entry and exit!"

Chen Tianming led them further.

"This was originally a market; you can still see the traces of these stalls... But now, I've transformed the economy here. The residents here work for me every day, and I bring them food from outside, so there's no need for these shops to exist anymore!"

Just as Chen Tianming was explaining to everyone, the sound of a carriage bell suddenly rang out.

The sound of hooves gradually stopped, and a person ran down from the carriage.

"Gentlemen, isn't this Sand City? Why are only you here now? Where have all the other people gone?"

Chen Tianming looked at the luxurious carriage and quietly said to the coachman.

"Whose master is this, coming here to enjoy himself?"

The carriage driver was very cautious.

"This young master, please don't ask too many questions about this matter. May I ask where all the merchants here have gone?"

Chen Tianming didn't care and said openly.

"All the merchants here are now working for me. I provide them with food, and they provide me with labor!"

Such complex words could only be understood by the scholar.

The coachman only half-understood, but he was just a runner, so all he could do was turn back and tell his master in the carriage.

Unexpectedly, the person in the carriage was immediately enraged.

He slammed the table in the carriage, and then a human face peered out of the window.

This person's expression looked very sinister, and coupled with a somewhat lewd mustache, he instantly appeared repulsive.

"Who are you, you insignificant rat? Today, I, your master, intended to spend a lot of silver in this Sand City. Why did a simpleton like you show up?"

"All the merchants here have become your subordinates? Then you must be as rich as a nation!"

Chen Tianming slowly approached this person.

"Oh, what a grand master! You wouldn't be thinking that giving the money you've plundered from the common people to these merchants in the market, in exchange for the items and treasures they've painstakingly collected throughout their lives, is some kind of a reward for them, would you?"

The person in the carriage's face immediately changed. He seemed to sense Chen Tianming's danger, then said with a forced smile.

"Look! This young brother has misinterpreted my words. I was just looking after the business here!"

"Since you can make the people here have a full meal, I suppose I don't need to go to such lengths. Let's part ways here!"

After speaking, without waiting for Chen Tianming to reply, he immediately told the coachman to drive back.

That night, Chen Tianming told the scholar what had happened at the market.

The scholar was also greatly surprised upon hearing it.

"This, what should we do? You were too impulsive. I know the person you mentioned; he controls a state nearby, with sixteen counties under him, and a population of over ten thousand!"

Chen Tianming frowned.

"Brother! Sometimes I don't know what you're thinking. You possess great power, yet you don't try to rectify the world's order... Are you content to be an idler?"

"If this person is truly as you say, then those ten thousand common people will suffer! When he went to the market just now, the antiques, artifacts, and silver he carried with him could at least fund half a factory for me to modify!"

Chen Tianming's words were like a bucket of cold water poured over the scholar.

"If that's truly the case, then he certainly deserves a lesson... But these minor skirmishes are useless. Such things are common throughout the entire Small World!"

Chen Tianming couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.

Who told him he was the villain!

It might as well be even more ruthless.

Leaving these corrupt officials with no room to maneuver, and causing a direct conflict with the residents of the Small World.

That night, Chen Tianming arranged for someone to book the most luxurious brothel in the entire Small World.

The brothels in the Small World were different; perhaps due to multiple transformations, what was now called a brothel was like a Broadway show or a movie theater.

However, ordinary people in the Small World were too poor to even watch a single movie.

Therefore, most of the people inside were officials or wealthy individuals.

Chen Tianming deliberately arranged his people there, and sure enough, a conflict occurred that very night.